Trace-fastening



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UEL. J. REYNOLDS, OF W'EBSTER, NFY YORK.

TRACE-FASTENING.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 22,454, dated December 28, 1858.

To all whom i may concern.'

Be it known that I, UEL. J. REYNOLDS, of lVebster, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Fastener'for Attaching Tugs to Harness, called a BoX-Buckle; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description ofthe construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to theannexed drawings, lnaking a part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a perspective view in its connection A face plate E bolt D, edge ofplate on the long tug f opposite A, C edge of cap plate on short tug g.Fig. 2, longitudinal view of long and short tugs f and g and plates A,D, C, and bolt E. Fig. 3, a transverse section of the long tug f platesA and D, screws it, L., bolt and spiral spring E, tongue e, sides ofthiinble c, c, b, large hollow in thiinble Z) small carried through theplate. Fig. 4 transverse section of short tug g, plates B, C, screws z'z' and eye (l, Figs. 5 and 6 is a perspective view of the rear and frontof plate D. Fig. 5 the front view of plate D with the thiinble c, b thehollow of the thilnble and Z) the hole through the plate. Fig. 6 therear view of plate D, with the tongue e, and hole b in front end oftongue e, terminating in thinible c. Fig. 7 perspective view of capplate c, 0, its sides ends having holes for screws or rivets. Fig. 8perspective view of the eye plate B, and the eye (l.

Description ofthe construction cmd operation of the x-buckle.

This buckle is to be made of various sizes and to be of any metallicsubstance suitable to the purposes for which they are designed theinediuin or iniddle size to be inade as follows: The plates A, B, O, andD, as shown in Figs. l, 8, 7, and 5, or 6, to be l?? inches long l inchwide and -l-lg of an inch in thickness. The face plate A having holes ineach corner for screws or rivets and a hole lof an inch in diameter ofan inch from one end and in center of the sides for a bolt. Fig. 5,front side of plate D, with holes in each corner corresponding withholes in plate A, the thiinble C, to be .15 inch long sides g of an inchin thickness diaineter of hollow I), of an inch depth inch or to theplate with hole b of an inch in dianaeter and passing through the platethe center corresponding with hole in thiinble c.

Fig. 6 rear side of plate D, holes correspondlng as seen in Fig. 5, e,the tongue to be g of an inch long of an inch wide raised on the platethe rear end being i of an inch high and beveled from the back to thefront end to a level with the plate D, having in front end the hole Z)corresponding to the hole in the lower part of thiinble c, the sides andback of tongue to be beveled under.

The cap plate Fig. 7 has a hole in each end with an oblong opening incenter 1 inch long and J,- inch wide, leaving the sides c, c, and endslof an inch wide the front end in front side beveled from inside tooutside;

Fig. S plate B hole in each end the eye l including sides is l inch long3,- inch wide sides and ends raised of an inch on the plate B, thicknessof sides and rear end g of an inch and beveled under the front end isTlf of an inch in thickness the front of the eye l is lnade wider thanthe base and of sutlicient length and width to receive the tongue e, onplate D, Fig. G.

The plates A and D, are attached to the front end of the long tug f ahole is cut in the tug to receive the thiinble C, the bolt E beingpassed through the face plate A, the spring is attached and the plate Aplaced opposite plate D Fig. 5. The spring and bolt E is recessed in thehollow of the thiinble C and the two plates with the tug f lying betweenis put together with screws or rivets.

The eye plate B Fig. S is attached to the short tug g numbering 3 ormore a hole is cut in the front section of the short tub g of suiiicientsize to receive the eye Z as represented in Fig. 4. Plate B is backed byanother section of the tug g and is brought to the section having eye lin it and the cap plate c Fig. 7, is placed over the eye CZ after it ispassed through a section of the tug g. The eye plate B and cap plate cwith the tug g lying between is put together with screws or rivets. Therear section of tug g being brought to the front section in which theeyes or eye l is set in the usual way by sticking.

The long tug 7' is attached to the short tug f/ as seen in Fig. lst, bydrawing the tongue e, into the eye d, the bolt e raising as the tug f isdrawn back falls back of the front end of the eye (l, and secures thetongue in the eye the draft on the back end of the tongue e, and againstthe base of the eye (l. The bevel on the tongue and in the eye preventsthe tongue from coining out sidewise but in l. I claim the formation ofthe eye d, which receives the tongue c, for the purpose above describedand set forth. 15

2. I claim the tongue e, in combination with the tube c, spiral springand bolt E, which fastens tongue e, in the eye d, as above described. Y

UEL. J. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses C. P. WoLcoT'r, A. REYNOLDS.

